Conference rdvax::grateful

    well, i would join ya'all, but i'm outta here today for a three week
    vacation and i don't think i'll be in Mass on tuesday... :^)
    
    so, i'll just take the opportunity now to say, see ya Rich!!!!!
    be well, and best wishes!
    
    					da ve

I'm off for vacation as well. Enjoy yourself at Berkeley.

jeff

I'll make the rezzy on Monday.


	Name
	----
	Rich Frommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
	JC & Deb
        Jeff M.

    I will be there.
    
    /danielle

           
      I'm gonna miss the Fromminator....I'm there!
    	
    
    	    Name
            ----
            Rich Frommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
            JC & Deb
            Jeff M.
	    Deane'o

	I can make it ...
	
    	Name
        ----
        Rich Frommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
        JC & Deb
        Jeff M.
	Deane'o
	danielle
	Jay
	

    
    I'll go too. It looks like I can make the journey from ZKO tomorrow.
    
    Cath

    I can't make it tomorrow :(  
    
    I forgot that my boyfriend and I have backstage passes for Lollapalooza 
    so I'm leaving work at noon...
    
    /d

    Chris Fields and Wes are maybe's

    
>    I'll go too. It looks like I can make the journey from ZKO tomorrow.
>    
>    Cath


Hmmm, normally I'd say, nah, but maybe we should send a delegation down
from ZKO.  Wouldn't want Cath to have to travel by her lonesome...
Anyone else from up here???

PeterT

God!  I'm so JEALOUS!!!

Good luck, Rich!  Keep in touch!

tim

    can't swing it tuesday
    but good luck rich
    
    chris

I'll be there.
	
    	Name
        ----
        Rich Frommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
        JC & Deb
        Jeff M.
	Deane'o
	danielle
	Jay
	CathSloan
        Adam

    best of luck rich..at least yer closer to colo! %^)
    
    rfb

I made a rezzie for 10 people at noon at the Horseshoe Pub in Hudson, MA.
Directions are somewhere in the file (FYFWF note?)... I'll put a copy here if
I can find 'em.


- jeff

From 46.136 ...

Directions to the Horseshoe Pub in Hudson, MA:

From the Naweth:

- 495 to exit 26 (Route 62).  
- Take 62 EAST to Hudson.  
- Go all the way to the rotary in Hudson center while staying on 62 (~3-4
    miles from 495).
- When you get to the rotary, take your first right on rt. 85 south (leads you
    downhill towards MacDonalds).  
- There are two gas stations ~25 yards after the rotary, and there is a small
    side street on the LEFT side just BEFORE the gas station (Parente's
    Service Station, which is BEFORE MacDonalds).  This street is SOUTH ST.
- Take a LEFT on SOUTH St. -- note: it's impossible to take a right here :-) 
- The Horseshoe Pub is ~100 yds on the right side.


From the Sowth:

- 495 to exit 25 (Route 85 to Hudson).
- Left at 2nd light turning onto 85 North.
- Stay on 85 north until you get to JUST BEFORE the Hudson rotary.
- Take a RIGHT onto SOUTH ST. -- JUST BEFORE the Hudson rotary and just after
  MacDonalds.
- The Horseshoe Pub is ~100 yds on the right side.

    
    Hello -
      Don't know if the invite was sent to the not-at-dec list but I
      sent it to DC anyways. He said he'd try to make it.
      
      
      Sloan

    	Name
        ----
        Rich Frommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
        JC & Deb
        Jeff M.
	Deane'o
	danielle
	Jay
	CathSloan
        Adam
	DC

Wow!  Sounds like excellent news Rich!   Congratulations are in order.
Sorry I can't make it ..

take care,
bob

    
    Grate news Rich!  Enjoy Bezerkly.  What an opportunity! 
    Sorry I can't make it, too.  Best of luck in the future
    
    	Mark

Take care, Rich!

Hollar if ya hear of any high paying jobs in the AI lab that'll open up about
a year from now :-)


- jeff

    well, it's finally getting about that time for me to head outta here
    for good.  actually, i probably have past that allotted time, since my
    last day was officially 2 days ago.
    
    i've had a good time living in new england for the past 4 years and
    working at dec.  as many others have echoed before, one of the best
    things about dec has definitely been this notes file.  my experience at
    this company would have been so vastly different without it.  i've met
    so many grate people, and i will truly miss you all.  but i'm sure i
    will cross paths with grateful pholks again.
    
    dechead camping or skiing trip out in cali, anyone?
    
    i pick up my truck on sunday, and i'm outta here on monday or tuesday. 
    free beer and pizza to anyone who wants to help me pack the truck!
    (probably sunday, late afternoon -> evening).  call @ 508-624-9712
    if interested...
    
    i don't yet have a phone number out in CA, but i do finally have a
    snail-mail address.  e-mail too!
    
    peace and general phishiness,
    - rich
    
    
    Rich Fromm
    1441 Walnut St.
    Berkeley, CA  94709
    [email protected]
    
                                                                    

    [Posted on the behalf of Rich, who is currently on the phone with me
    from near Kansas city...] :^)
    
    Rich is going to be passing through Denver CO on Friday.
    He wonders if anyone from the Colorado crew is around and willing to
    get together, but doesn't have any of your adresses or phone numbers,
    or even the city you reside in!
    
    If willing and available, please reply to this note with a phone number
    and a time to contact you... Rich will get in contact with me [or
    someone else] on Friday to get that information.
    
    Thanks!
    
    -Scott
    
    P.S. 
    Is A-Basin really still open?? He has his skis with him, and is willing
    to take a day off...
    

    a-basin is open.....
    
    
    my number in COLORADO SPRINGS (DEnver is out of the way for a day trip,
    sorry) is 719-633-9743..work is 719 592-5087.
     
    have rich give me a call!!!!
    
    
    rfb

    
    Rich hung out with Patty and I this weekend. He called me at work about
    5 times from parts of Kansas and COlorado, but I was at a BBQ. He
    finally hooked up with me Friday nite and arrived around 6:30pm. After
    a few beers, I took him on a quick trip to Garden of the Gods and
    showed him where my youngest climbs...he was pumped to climb the  next
    day with Lindsey, but thought better of it cause JC and Dean had made
    him hurt his hand on one last bike ride in NE before he left. %^)
    but the next morning he and Lindsey talked climbing for a while. Patty
    and I let him sleep in Sat morning and went to the Farmers Market for
    fresh veggies for the weekend. Rich followed us up to Tumbledown that
    day, beached his rig down the road so there would be *NO* backing up
    required (quite the set-up he had there, huge Ryder truck pulling his
    Honda on a flatbed). After some preparation, Rich and I headed for
    Mosquito PAss in the old Scout while Patty kept a fire going for kabobs 
    and ears of corn later on. We stopped at about 13,000 and watched a 4x4
    group get stuck and unstuck in a small snow field that crossed the
    pass. Pretty funny watchin these guys, one Jeep blew out his back U-joint
    and had front wheel drive only. Arthur the Assh*le wanted to help these
    guys out, but his presence was not appreciated. We checked out the North
    London mine remains, skied a snow field in our Teva's (FROZEN FEET!!!!)
    checked out what little tundra was bloomin and spent some time checking
    out a small snow bridge that had a stream running through/ underneath
    it. We coaxed Arthur over the snow bridge hoping he'd crash through it
    into the stream, but it held. RIch commented several times that he'd
    never been 4-wheelin like this before...a couple of times he said "This
    is a road?"... and was amazed when I said this was an old stage coach
    road!!! Drank beers and marveled at the High Country.....Partyed late
    that nite, pigged out on stir-fry type kabobs, brook and brown trout,
    fresh ears of corn from Pueblo farmers and lots of beer.
    Rich wanted to see stars at 10,000 ft.,...I went to bed seeing stars...
    Next morning, a breakfast of taters, bacon, eggs, and brook trout
    before Rich had to hit the road...Patty and I wondered how he did
    driving his rig over Hoosier PAss....
    
    
    rfb

Kewl!

...and just last monday Rich was tellin Scott and I that he only wanted to
drive 5-6 days and wasn't going to stop and smell the roses...

Glad to see the long hours on the road (and good friends :-) changed his
mind!!!  :-)

re: Hoosier Pass

Is it anything like the pass at Veil on I-70?  If so, then the truck shouldn't
have a problem.  Dori and I did I-70 last year and while the temp guage did
move a bit to the right, we didn't have any problems.  That truck Rich got is
the same model, but his only had 8000 miles on it when he picked it up ... and
the cab still had that "new car" smell.  And the newer models have built-in
cup holders!  We also set up Rich's bed in the 6'x8' crawl space on top of the
cab (like Dori and I did last year) ... Talk about goin' in style! :-)


- jeff

    ya, It took a little convincing to get him to, errr, shall we say, 
    "stop and smell the roses"
    
    
    Hoosier is a little steeper on the Summit County side than Vail pass and
    with much sharper switch-backs....I'm sure he did OK (although he did
    hit a building while visiting Charnokey(?) in Ohio....) %^)
    
    rfb

> I'm sure he did OK (although he did
> hit a building while visiting Charnokey(?) in Ohio....) %^)

Yeah.  As I understand it, he drove into a parking lot that he NEVER should
have gone into.  It took him close to 2 hours (?!) to back his way out!
Apparently he worked his way into a pretty tight spot, and had to back
his way out using a "U-turn" maneuver.  Anyway, the trailer for his car has a
ramp/tailgate that is raised when the car is on the trailer.  Rich scraped one
of the taigate support arms (that hold it in the upright position) against the
side of the building.  He told me that it put some good scrapes into the brick.
I've since heard from other sources that he actually took out a couple of
bricks!  Don't know which story is true...  Rich bent the arm pretty badly, and
doesn't know if he can get it easily straightened.  He was talking about
getting a torch and heating it up until it could be bent back.

Last I heard (RFB may have later news), he should be arriving at Berkeley
sometime today and unloading the truck today/tomorrow.

-Scott

just thought i'd check in and say hi from sunny california (i don't think it's
rained a single drop since i've been out here - kind of strange).
i'm doing ok - certainly much better than i was a few weeks ago.  i had flown
out here about a month in advance to look for housing.  i hadn't actually
signed a lease then (unfortunately), but i did end up finalizing something
over the phone and sending out a rent check right before i packed up and left
on my cross country journey.

by the time i managed to get ahold of the guy who i was going to be renting
from, it was the morning the morning of the day that i was due to arrive in
berkeley at that point, he claimed that he never received my check (that i
sent priority mail), assumed i wasn't interested in the room anymore
(apparently our verbal agreement and my mail piling up weren't clues to the
contrary), and rented the room out to someone else.  (i think he's lying about
not receiving it, but i'll wait and see what the post office says about
trying to track down the letter.)

so then i had to scramble around at the last minute to find something else.
kinda sucked.  but i did manage to find something, so i'm no longer homeless.

the drive cross country wasn't too bad.  thanks to all the people who put me
up (put up with me?) along the way.  apologies to mike charnoky for scraping
away a bit at the side of his apartment building (in retrospect it was a way
stupid idea to take my truck and trailer down that alley), but i don't think
it was really that bad.  (only scraped up the building a little, and only
bent a single piece on the trailer - some huge guy at a gas station in utah
or nevada was able to bend it back by hand, so i didn't get charged for any
damage.)  hanging out with rfb was fun.  you were right - taking the truck
over the mountain pass wasn't really all that bad - i just took it really
slow and periodically pulled over to let people pass.  certainly much quicker
than backtracking and crossing the continental divide on the interstate.

plenty of talk about jerry and playing of dead songs on the local radio
stations here.  i actually was in golden gate park on the day of the gathering
there, but that was only a coincidence.  by the time we wandered thru, the
official memorial was over, but there were still plenty of people hanging out
in tie-dyes, vw buses, etc.

to jc, deane, etc...  my finger is still injured from our latest mtn. biking
expedition, although it's slowly getting stronger.  i went for a road ride
yesterday up in the hills - there's some beautiful scenery around here, but
i wish it were a little bit flatter!  finally got a chance to use the low,
granny-gear on my road bike.  there's still a bit of evidence of the fires
from a couple of years ago - occasional patches of burned out trees, and LOTS
of new construction.

there's some orientation stuff starting tomorrow, and classes start on monday.

if anyone wants to reach me, here's my latest info:

Rich Fromm
120 Hillcrest Rd.
Berkeley, CA  94705
510-595-1074	home
510-643-6228	work
[email protected]

(can someone update my listing in the not-at-DEC note with that e-mail
address?)

keep in touch, and feel free to look me up if you're ever out visiting in the
bay area. - DEChead camping or skiing trip out west, perhaps?  :^)

- rich

re    <<< Note 468.29 by ROCK::FROMM "This space intentionally left blank." >>>
                                -< I made it! >-

>i wish it were a little bit flatter!  finally got a chance to use the low,

it'll keep you in shape mon!
jc

    Rich, we didn't plan it, but KAren and I were in Berkely on Saturday
    8/19, we went to the outdoor Jazz Fest with micro brews being served...
    I think it was on Addison St?  but I was lookin' all around that crowd
    ferya...if I had known our friends were taking us there, I would have
    called...oh well
    
    Wes